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I am an independent accountant, bookkeeper, and internal auditor specializing in small businesses and governmental areas. I also do federal and state income tax preparation. I am knowledgeable in Quickbooks and Enhanced Business Systems accounting software.

I am employed as a consultant to do accounting work at ProNexus clients. Primarily I am a fixer. I work with the clients to get their financial house in order. I do things like ensuring that the accounting records are accurate, recommending ways to correct inaccurate records, and ways to improve record keeping. This involves doing in-depth analysis of transactions and accounts and doing actual entries if needed and the client agrees with me doing them.

Locate, purchase, and sell mortgages held on residential and commercial property.

I perform services for retail operations to analyze their customer service, employee adherence to procedures and policies, store appearance, and overall operation of the business.

Audit the claims (requests/accounts payable) for payment by vendors and employees before they are paid. And review the checks printed for these claims to verify the payees, their addresses, and the amounts. This is a part-time position.

I enter the revenues and expenditures including payroll in the Town's accounting system. I enter and pay the monthly vouchers including printing the checks. I reconcile the bank statements to the accounting system. I prepare and submit the monthly New York State Retirement System report. I assist the Supervisor with accounting,budget, and financial matters. And I prepare a report of monthly activity for an ambulance service that the Town contracts with to determine the amount the ambulance service receives from health insurance companies for providing services to Town residents.

I enter the revenues and expenditures including payroll in the Town's accounting system. I enter and pay the monthly vouchers including printing the checks. I reconcile the bank statements to the accounting system. I prepare and submit the monthly New York State Retirement System report. I assist the Supervisor with accounting,budget, and financial matters. And I prepare a report of monthly activity for an ambulance service that the Town contracts with to determine the amount the ambulance service receives from health insurance companies for providing services to Town residents.

Working with Jim Fischer in his run for the NYS Assembly district #112. Responsibilities include paying expenditures, making deposits, recording all transactions, and filing required reports with the BOE.

P-T. Do all the accounting work in Quickbooks. Assist the owner with marketing.Temporarily furloughed due lack of revenue in the business.

I am the designated candidate of the Libertarian Party NY for the Office of the State Comptroller for New York State.

Performed audits called limited fiscal reviews of non-profit organizations who provided services to the clients that the agency serviced through a "licensing" agreement. The audits focused on compliance with government laws, rules, and regulations which included Medicaid billings made by the non-profit. Also analyzed the non-profit financial statements to determine whether the agency was financially solvent. Performed internal audits of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. This included preliminary audit planning, risk assessments, developing an audit program for each audit, writing working papers, testing, reporting findings and results orally and in writing, preparing letters and memos, and writing reports. I also, restarted the internal audit function after it was dormant for some time. This involved writing a new charter and mission statement, developing a agency wide risk assessment tool to use in developing an annual and five-year audit plan, and developing electronic working paper templates.

Maintained the accounting system for the Department including running twice weekly billings to the Federal Highway Administration, processing journal entries, and closing the books monthly and annually. Reconciled the Department's accounting records to the records of the State Comptroller which included clearing up a multi-year backlog to get it current and then doing it monthly. Supervised up to 15 people. Supervised a unit that processed payments to contractors and consultants. Reviewed payment requests. Created and modified policies and procedures. Prepared journal entries and journal vouchers. Worked closely with other offices including the Department's Budget, Construction, Engineering, Business Administration, Planning, Highway Safety, and Highway Maintenance offices as well as the NYS Comptroller's Office. Participated in a payment processing automation project including writing code for the system. Participated in a Time and Attendance automation project primarily doing testing and providing feedback to the developers. Lastly, was the computer equipment and software liaison with the Technology office.

Performed internal audits of the NYS DOT. This included preliminary audit planning, risk assessments, developing an audit program for each audit, writing working papers, testing, reporting findings and results orally and in writing, preparing letters and memos, and writing reports.While I started out assisting the lead auditor by the end of my tenure I was doing audits as the lead auditor and training junior members of the staff.

Performed audits of employers to verify that they had paid the proper amount of unemployment insurance. Also, if an employer was late in filing reports or paying unemployment insurance taxes, obtained those late reports and taxes often by actually preparing the reports using the employer's information at their office or accountant's office. Collected delinquent unemployment insurance taxes from employers sometimes by placing liens on their bank accounts or even getting money from their cash register.

Recorded the daily sales of the company's six gas stations. This included processing credit card purchases, cash and checks received. Making up bank deposits. Checking product inventory such as cigarettes, gum, snacks, as well as gas and oil. And I assisted the general manager of the gas stations in his duties as he directed me.